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Reprint as at 19 November 2004

Animal Products (Regulated Control Scheme—Contaminant Monitoring and Surveillance) Regulations 2004

(SR 2004/396)

Silvia Cartwright, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 15th day of November 2004

Present:
The Right Hon Helen Clark presiding in Council

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

Pursuant to section 166 of the Animal Products Act 1999 and section 25 of the Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional Provisions) Act 1999, Her Excellency the Governor-General, on the recommendation of the Minister given in accordance with section 39 of the Animal Products Act 1999, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

Contents

Part 1
Preliminary provisions

3 Regulated control scheme imposed

4 Prime purpose of scheme

6 Interpretation

Part 2
Monitoring

7 Outline of this Part

8 Application of this Part

9 Issuing of sampling regime

10 Issuing of sampling plan

11 Confidentiality of sampling plan

Part 3
Surveillance

12 Outline of this Part

13 Application of this Part

14 Application of risk management measures

15 Surveillance list

16 Amendment of incorrect or unreasonable entry on surveillance list

17 Amendment or revocation of entry on surveillance list if risk under control or eliminated

18 Surveillance notices

19 Amendment or revocation of surveillance notice condition

20 Application for re-test

21 Obligations of risk source operators

22 Obligations of processors

23 Issuing of sampling regime

24 Issuing of sampling plan

25 Existing suspect and semi-suspect lists to be treated as surveillance lists

Part 4
General provisions

26 Specifications setting out requirements and competencies of competent persons

27 Director-General may carry out surveys, etc

28 Samples and sampling must be in accordance with specification

29 Laboratory requirements

30 Test results

31 Confidentiality

32 On-site testing

33 Obligations of operators of animal product businesses

34 Procedures required by specifications

35 General requirements for records, notifications, and returns

36 Obligation to supply information

37 Records kept by Director-General

38 Confidential information

39 Variation of obligations

40 Notice of variation of obligation

42 Continuation of existing programmes

43 Regulations do not limit Act

Schedule 1
Particular monitoring programmes

Schedule 2
Technical directives under Meat Act regime under which existing monitoring and surveillance activities carried out

Explanatory note

Gazette information

Regulations